fire ant

fire ant

English

Noun

fire ant (plural fire ants)

1. Any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting.
   1. Solenopsis spp. (tropical fire ants)
   2. Oecophylla spp. (weaver ants), of Southeast Asia
   3. Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
   4. Wasmannia auropunctata (electric ant, little fire ant).

Derived terms

• European fire ant (Myrmica rubra)

Translations

any of several red or yellow ants that can inflict a harsh sting

Dutch: vuurmier (nl) f Kaingang: arig Portuguese: formiga-de-fogo f, formiga-lava-pés f Russian: огненный муравей m (ognennyj muravej)

ant of Solenopsis

Arabic: نَمْل نَارِيّ‎ m (naml nāriyy) (collective) Chinese: Mandarin: 火蟻／火蚁 (huǒyǐ) German: Feuerameise f Hebrew: נמלי אש‎ f (nemali ash) Japanese: ヒアリ (ja) (hiari) Kaingang: arig Korean: 불개미 (bulgaemi) Portuguese: lava-pés f, formiga-lava-pés f, lava-pé (pt) f, formiga-lava-pé f

Oecophylla spp.

Solenopsis invicta

Wasmannia auropunctata

Further reading

• Fire ant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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